• Qurratulain Masood

• ONAIZA ZAHID

• QURRATULAIN MASOOD,

• Sabahat Bilal,

• Sarah Khalid

• Sehrish Habib

• Zoha Rehmat

• Mohsina Ibrahim

Abstract

Objective: To assess and compare the knowledge regarding Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Illness (IMNCI) in final year medical students of two private and two public sector universities in Karachi, Pakistan. Method: A cross-sectional Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study was conducted in four different medical universities of Karachi using a self administered questionnaire, comprising of 20 questions. The sample size of 240 was selected, out of which 184 students responded positively. The mean age of students was M=22.9 (S.D= 0.88). Basic knowledge was defined as students answering at least half of the questions correctly whereas partial knowledge was defined as students who could answer at least one option correctly. The Data was analyzed using SPSS 17. The study was commenced in July 2011 and completed by September 2012. Result: Out of the respondents, 80.4% of the students had basic knowledge (being able to answer 50% or more of the questions correctly) of IMNCI. Of both the sectors, basic content knowledge was more in the public sector universities as compared to private sector universities. Conclusions: The hypothesis that more than 50 percent of the students will have basic knowledge of IMNCI was proven to be correct. It was shown that students of the public sector universities had relatively more knowledge; however more students have partial knowledge then complete knowledge. Although basic knowledge was found to be more in the students of public sector institutes, knowledge of IMNCI practice was correct in more students in the two private universities.

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